diff --git a/packages/core/strudel.mjs b/packages/core/strudel.mjs
index d8e6d525..ec1eaa2e 100644
--- a/packages/core/strudel.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/strudel.mjs
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class Pattern {
     return this.innerBind(id);
   }
 
-  squeezeJoin() {
+  _squeezeJoin() {
     const pat_of_pats = this;
     function query(state) {
       const haps = pat_of_pats.query(state);
@@ -607,15 +607,19 @@ class Pattern {
           const context = inner.combineContext(outer);
           return new Hap(whole, part, inner.value, context);
         }
-        return innerHaps.map(innerHap => munge(outerHap, innerHap))
+        return innerHaps.map((innerHap) => munge(outerHap, innerHap));
       }
       const result = flatten(haps.map(flatHap));
       // remove undefineds
-      return result.filter(x => x);
+      return result.filter((x) => x);
     }
     return new Pattern(query);
   }
 
+  _squeezeBind(func) {
+    return this.fmap(func)._squeezeJoin();
+  }
+
   _apply(func) {
     return func(this);
   }
@@ -678,7 +682,16 @@ class Pattern {
   }
 
   _ply(factor) {
-    return this.fmap(x => pure(x)._fast(factor)).squeezeJoin()
+    return this.fmap((x) => pure(x)._fast(factor))._squeezeJoin();
+  }
+
+  _chop(n) {
+    const slices = Array.from({length: n}, (x, i) => i);
+    const slice_objects = slices.map(i => ({begin: i/n, end: (i+1)/n}));
+    const func = function(o) {
+      return(sequence(slice_objects.map(slice_o => Object.assign({}, o, slice_o))))
+    }
+    return(this._squeezeBind(func));
   }
 
   // cpm = cycles per minute
@@ -878,6 +891,7 @@ Pattern.prototype.patternified = [
   'fast',
   'slow',
   'ply',
+  'chop',
   'cpm',
   'early',
   'late',
@@ -885,7 +899,7 @@ Pattern.prototype.patternified = [
   'legato',
   'velocity',
   'segment',
-  'color'
+  'color',
 ];
 // methods that create patterns, which are added to patternified Pattern methods
 Pattern.prototype.factories = { pure, stack, slowcat, fastcat, cat, timeCat, sequence, polymeter, pm, polyrhythm, pr };
diff --git a/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs b/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
index 88d18f32..9ebd7813 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
@@ -491,10 +491,10 @@ describe('Pattern', function() {
       )
     })
   })
-  describe("squeezeJoin", () => {
+  describe("_squeezeJoin", () => {
     it("Can squeeze", () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
-        sequence("a", ["a","a"]).fmap(a => fastcat("b", "c")).squeezeJoin().firstCycle(),
+        sequence("a", ["a","a"]).fmap(a => fastcat("b", "c"))._squeezeJoin().firstCycle(),
         sequence(["b", "c"],[["b", "c"],["b", "c"]]).firstCycle()
       )
     })
@@ -507,4 +507,27 @@ describe('Pattern', function() {
       )
     })
   })
+  describe("chop", () => {
+    it("Can _chop(2)", () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        sequence({sound: "a"}, {sound: "b"})._chop(2).firstCycle(),
+        sequence({sound: "a", begin: 0, end: 0.5},
+                 {sound: "a", begin: 0.5, end: 1},
+                 {sound: "b", begin: 0, end: 0.5},
+                 {sound: "b", begin: 0.5, end: 1}
+        ).firstCycle()
+      );
+    });
+    it("Can chop(2,3)", () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        pure({sound: "a"}).fast(2).chop(2,3)._sortEventsByPart().firstCycle(),
+        sequence([{sound: "a", begin: 0, end: 0.5},
+                  {sound: "a", begin: 0.5, end: 1}],
+                 [{sound: "a", begin: 0, end: 1/3},
+                  {sound: "a", begin: 1/3, end: 2/3},
+                  {sound: "a", begin: 2/3, end: 1}
+                 ])._sortEventsByPart().firstCycle()
+      )
+    })
+  })
 })